OpenRouter
One API for hundreds of models.
Unified, OpenAI-compatible API routing to hundreds of models across providers with automatic fallbacks and price/latency routing.
- Vendor
- OpenRouter
- Category
- Inference & model hosting
- Pricing
- Paid
- Open source
- No
- Platforms
- API
- Launched
- 2023
- Website
- openrouter.ai
Features
- 400+ models
- Provider fallbacks
- Usage rankings
Best for
- High volume / low cost
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